Letter Frequencies

“etaoin shrdlu” (eh-tay-oh-in shird-loo), was believed to be the twelve most common letters in the English language. The word came from linotype typesetting machines. The first, left row of six keys on a linotype machine produce the word “etaoin”. The second, left row of six keys produce the word “shrdlu”. The linotype machine keys are labeled: etaoin-shrdlu-cmfgyp-wbvkxj-qz”. The letter ‘h’ appears more often in every day speech and writing than it does in a list of dictionary words. The first twelve letters “e t a o i n s r h l d c”, are found in around 80% of the words in the English language.

Letter Frequency in the English Language

e t a o i n s r h l d c u m f p g w y b v k x j q z

Letter Frequency in the Oxford Dictionary

e a r i o t n s l c u d p m h g b f y w k v x z j q

Letter Frequency in Press Reporting

e t a o n i s r h l d c m u f p g w y b v k j x q z

Letter Frequency in Religious Writings

e t i a o n s r h l d c u m f p y w g b v k x j q z

Letter Frequency in Scientific Writings

e t a i o n s r h l c d u m f p g y b w v k x q j z

Letter Frequency in General Fiction

e t a o h n i s r d l u w m c g f y p v k b j x z q

Letter Frequency in Word Averages

e t a o i n s r h l d c u m f p g w y b v k x j q z

Letter Frequency in Morse Code

e t a i n o s h r d l c u m f w y g p b v k q j x z

Letter Frequency in Wikipedia

e t a o i n s h r d l c u m w f g y p b v k j x q z

Non-Plural Word Letter Frequency

(18584 Common Base Words)

e a i r t o n s l c u p m d h g b y f v w k x z q j

Plural Word Letter Frequency

(45406 Common Words)

e i s a r n t o l c d u g p m h b y f v k w z x j q

Letter Frequency of the Most Common 1st Letter in Words

t o a w b c d s f m r h i y e g l n p u j k

Letter Frequency of the Most Common 2nd Letter in Words

h o e i a u n r t

Letter Frequency of the Most Common 3rd Letter in Words

e s a r n i

Letter Frequency of the Most Common Last Letter in Words

e s t d n r y f l o g h a k m p u w

Letter Frequency of the Most Common Letter to Follow the “e”

r s n d

Words begin with letter frequency:

t a i s o w h b c m f p d r l e g n y u k v j q x z

More than half of all words end with: e t d s

e s t d n r y o f g a l h m u k i w p c x b z v j q

Computer QWERTY Keyboard Key Frequency:

Space e t Shift a o i n s r h Del l d c u Enter

m f p g w y b , . v k ( ) _ ; ” = ‘ – Tabx / 0 $ *

1 j : { } > q [ ] 2 z ! < ? 3 + 5 \ 4 # @ | 6 & 9 8 7 % ^ ~ `

Digraph Frequency

th he an in er on re ed nd ha at en es of nt ea ti to io le is ou ar as de rt ve